Artbank has got you sussed for arty stuff happening in Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond. With interviews, live performances, your weekly gallery guide and more - come get some culture in ya with Theo. Ka rawe!
This week we have curator Kari Schmidt in studio to talk about 125 years of women's suffrage through and intersectional femist lens. Kari and her sister are co-curating an exhibition around these themes to be held in Dunedin in September. Plus Theo wraps up his film fest reviews for another year, and Jackson has you sussed with Sunday Painter. Cool!
This week Thomas Lambert of Sonorous Circle chats to us from Wellington about Works For Loud Speakers, no. 16 happening at the Audio Foundation. We also hear from the facillitators at Meanwhile gallery, and get Theo's low-down on some more film festival picks. Plus Jackson teaches us how to make an icecream sundae in this week's Sunday Painter. Cool!
"What is life without a big major chorus?" Channeling undercurrents of burgeoning female sexuality, hormone catharsis and just bloody good tunes, Rachel talks to Rita Walsh - producer of one of the grand docos screening in this year's NZIFF,I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story. Don't miss it.
This week we chat to Bobbie and Alicia from Comet Project Space, a new artist-run gallery opening up on Ponsonby road. Plus we hear a little exerpt from a chat Rachel had in June with the team at play_station in Wellington and Theo rates The Swimming Pool at the NZIFF 4 popped kernels out of 5. Choice!
This week we hear from Ayesha Green who is currently the winter artist in residence at Blue Oyster Art Project Space in Dunedin. Plus we have Vanessa Crofskey and Kimmi Rindel in studio to chat about their new project Wellbeing Analysis Techniques LimitedTM, on at Window Gallery onsite and online. Very cool!
Vanessa Crofskey and Kimmi Rindel are in studio to talk about Wellness Analysis Techniques LimitedTM at Window gallery. The project, which exists across Window's onsite and online spaces, is both an exploration of corporate wellness culture and an earnest look at alternative forms of health practice. Onsite: Daily Exposure, Online: Strange Islands Online.
It's Zinefest baby!!! Self-confessed DIY nerds Rachel and Theo are having a blast this week talking zines, independant publications, prints, comics and more! with artists and zinemakers Delilah Lin and Camila Araos Elvancini. Zinefest Market 2018 is on Sunday 15th July at The Auckland Art Gallery. Wicked!
This week we are talking NZIFF and our top picks! We are also talking about Paperdwellers by Susan Te Kahurangi King with curator Bridget Riggir-Cudy and exhibition designer Anto Yeldezian. Paper Dwellers is on until the 14th of July at Artspace. Plus, we have a Sunday Painter from Jackson!
This week the Save Fine Arts Library team are in to update us on what's happening with the library campaign at the University of Auckland, plus we hear from Ōtautahi Kōrerotia in Christchurch about their project Are You Being Looked After? at the Physics Room. Ka nui te pai!
It's been an existential week for Jackson on Sunday Painter, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Tune in to the last ever episode for some some final thoughts from Jackson on how to make art. (Part 3/3)
It's the three-part grand finale of Sunday Painter this week, but oh no! Jackson's got artist's block! Luckily Sean Kerr is here to help out. (Part 1/3)
After Sean Kerr's wise advice, Jackson is ready to crack into making some art for this week's Sunday Painter. But are there more bumps in the road ahead? (Part 2/3)